Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
Reuters: The healthcare bill moved over key hurdles in the Senate. Reuters: Oil is above $73 on Iran-Iraq tensions. Reuters: Citadel filed for Chapter 11. Reuters: The head of AIG (NYSE:AIG) said…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
Reuters: Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters: Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters: Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts. Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) posed a surprise…
These are this Thursday’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts. We have links to more details and analysis over at VSInvestor.com for each stock: First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is…
Updated throughout the day. Tudor Investments will close its largest fund to investors (Bloomberg) Steve Cohen of SAC made money illegally trading on the RCA buyout by GE (NYSE:GE) (Cohen’s ex-wife) Apollo…
Reuters: Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO. Reuters: Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first hurdle. Reuters: The US delayed selling…
Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) was already in our “top after-hours trading movers” because of weakness in its share price on the discounted secondary offering. That is no longer conjecture. Citi’s secondary offering…
Douglas A. McIntyre We have several key movers in the after-hours trading session tonight. We have more details for price and volume analysis and comparison data on each stock with a link over to VSInvestor.com:…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will be able to avoid about $38 billion in taxes under an agreement with the government (Washington Post) Playboy’s (NYSE:PLA) buyout talks with Iconix have fallen apart (Bloomberg) Goldman…
Reuters: Galleon’s Raj Rajaratnam was indicted for securities fraud. Reuters: Concerns about interest rates hurt the markets. Reuters: Inconix broke off buyout talks with Playboy (NYSE:PLA). Reuters: Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) settled a US…
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) will pay back TARP funds. Reuters: Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says it will be disciplined in its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) buyout effort. Reuters: Some of AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) top staff…
Citigroup’s (NYSE:C) announcement that it will pay back its TARP funds was not enough news for the day from the banking sector. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will not hire Robert Kelly current…
There are many key movers in day trader alert stocks this morning on news events. We have covered each story with a link to more detail and analysis over at VSInvestor.com: Amazon.com,…
There is finally news that Citigroup (NYSE:C) is close to repaying the government as much as $20 billion to return TARP funds so it can get out from under the government’s thumb on issues such as compensation and board appointments. The public…
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